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Date: | Wednesday 28 February 1951 |
Time: | night |
Type: | North American Harvard T Mk 2B |
Owner/operator: | 2 FTS RAF |
Registration: | KF659 |
MSN: | 14A-2360 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Scredington, 3.5 miles SE of Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | RAF Cranwell, Lincolnshire |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:North American Harvard T.2B KF659, 2 FTS, RAF: Written off (destroyed) 28/2/51 when crashed at Scredington, South East of RAF Cranwell, Sleaford, Lincolnshire. The pilot (flying solo) was killed.
The pilot was engaged in a low level cross country night navigation exercise but lost control and stalled in a steeply banked turn the near the ground in poor visibility, at Scredington, three-and-a-half miles south east Sleaford, Lincolnshire
Crew of Harvard KF659:
Officer Cadet Norman Edward Vickers, RAF aged 26
The reported crash location of Scredington is a village and civil parish in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated 3.5 miles (5.6 km) south-east from the town of Sleaford, and 9 miles south-east of Cranwell, at approximate co ordinates 52.951120°N 0.37282°W
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.111 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Last Take-off: A Record of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 Colin Cummings p 119
3. The Harvard File (John F Hamlin, Air Britain, 1988 p 132)
4. National Archives (PRO Kew) File BT233/43:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C424164 5. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AVIA 5/31/S2517:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C6578363 6.
http://www.bcar.org.uk/1950s-incident-logs#1951 Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
27-Dec-2019 18:02 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
27-Dec-2019 21:43 |
stehlik49 |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Nature, Operator] |
13-Jan-2021 15:30 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
13-Jan-2021 20:13 |
Koumes |
Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Operator] |